Mason said:What Aikido style did Seagal study???
Littledragon said:Aikikai Aikido I think. I am sure Tenshin and AikiLove can verify it for you.
tenshinaikidoka said:Seagal Shihan is a 7th Dan, Aikikai. He does not have a "style" per se, only a methodology. He has said "There is only one Aikido, O'Sensei's Aikido!"
But he falls under Aikikai, which is an umbrella for many orginazations. It should also be noted that Seagal Shihan does not recognize, or endorse any Aikido orginazation other than the Aikikai.
tenshinaikidoka said:Ok Latino, but not sure what his movies have to do with his way of doing Aikido. When he does Aikido "for real" and not movie stuff, it is pretty impressive.
tenshinaikidoka said:Please make sure you know what your talking about also when you post things such as this. If you do not like Seagal or his Aikido, then go to a site that wants to bash him!!!!! Moderators, ideas???????
tenshinaikidoka said:Pitts,
Hapkido might be an option, it is Korean however it is very similar. Aikijujutsu is another option if it is in your area, just becareful of what some call Aikijujutsu. If it is not Daito Ryu then I would seriously question it. Anyway, those are similar arts, however judo and jujutsu are good alternatives as well, depending on what you want out of your art!!!!
TenshinWarrior said:Anyone interested in his style should watch: "The Path Beyond Thought" to learn a bit more about his aikido, or even better take a couple of classes at one of his schools.
From my own experience, Take Sensei's aikido is very technical and without a doubt practical for real life confrontations. His aikido eliminates all the hocus pocus and bologny that we unfortunately see in many martial schools today.
tenshinaikidoka said:I am 6'7", and it is easy for bigger guys to do virtually any technique against smaller ukes. But there are some things that do not work against bigger opponents, like irimi nage for example. I had someone try to do that to me during randori, and well, he only hit my chest, I looked at him, and all he could say was "well, that was stupid". Anyway, I think it would be interesting to see what he would do against bigger folk. But, I think yubi dori works on most!!
TenshinWarrior said:LOL, 6'7"!!! Holy crap, and I thought Take Sensei was big..
I'm just really impressed about how fast he moves too..I mean you'd think that a taller, bigger size guy would take longer to perform techniques, but damn! he's superfast.
Aikilove said:Of curse iriminage works on taller guys!
Don't you ever train hanmi hantachi waza (nage sit - uke stands) iriminage? Then you can talk about taller ukes!
So what is the trick?
You have to take uke down to your level. Then you can throw!
The problem is if you try to do iriminage "cloth-line" style á la Seagal. It can be done, but one then has to take uke down to your level before cloth-lineing!
/J
tenshinaikidoka said:Sorry, also not talking about hamni hadachi either. I train that way alot and would never use that technique while in the seated position and someone was attacking me standing, unless it was for demonstration purposes.
I must respectfully disagree on this one, I do not see how iriminage would work in an actual confrontation if there is a signifigant size difference (meaning the defender was shorter than attacker).
I have seen it done however, in the dojo, but that is a case of a good uke/nage relationship and not real life. Again, not trying to start a p*ssing war here, just stating my experience.